1st learn how to learn and how you specifically learn best. This phase is important as this is where the foundation is laid. However don’t use everything you learn, for your foundation. Outside influences should be put aside and revisited in the future. Instead, use materials gained from your loved ones. These people want what’s best for you and will provide you with the strongest materials.
2nd- This is the gathering phase, search far and wide for a variety of materials. Try/experiment/research/store with caution, the foundation you built will determine your boundaries as you will know from your loved ones the dangerous things to avoid. Do not be tempted in this phase to build upon the foundation laid, the time for building will come; be patient and use this time to prepare. While you are preparing, the foundation will go through setting/curing.
3rd- Now is the time to start your building! With all the knowledge that you have acquired. If the gathering phase was done correctly you should have all the materials you need for this phase organised into groups depending on their pros and cons. At first, focus on using materials that amalgamate well with your foundation, then carry on building with the materials you have deemed important.
4th- This period is for thinking outside the box! Use unique materials, possibly different to what everyone else is using. This will attract attention, hold that attention with colourful and flamboyant spectacles.
5th- After experiencing the recognition from the previous stage you now have to evolve past it, no longer seeking validation from others; but now building with materials that you are proud of.
6th- Now… Take a break! Relax, reflect on how far you’ve come. Look back at all that you have built and enjoy the product of all your hard work.
7th- Leave your building and choose a protege, a younger loved one/s who needs help with their foundation. Teach/guide them with some of the things you have learned up to that point.
8th- Return to your building and add to your masterpiece. This time with a new perspective. One you will inevitably gain from closely working with a new generation in your previous phase. By this time the materials/tools used to build will have evolved. Don’t be afraid to try out these new techniques on your own work.
9th- By now your ‘Magnum opus’ will be complete. It’s time to give away all your tools and extra materials to your chosen students. This is where you hold nothing back, revealing all the secrets you have learned along the way; expounding on the lessons you taught in the past.
10th- During this period you open up your creation to the general public, letting the masses witness/experience what you have been working on this hole time. They would often look at your creation from outside but now it’s safe to invite them all in.
11th- After completing your work, now the most important phase has come. It is now time to go to the buildings of your loved ones. Pick a comfortable spot with an unimpeded view of your own building and support/strengthen all the materials you contributed to their foundation, as they continue to build upon it. From this spot you will look at your own building and notice the loved ones from your past who have also been doing the same to your foundation. As they see that you too carried on this tradition, this will make them proud. As time passes eventually less and less people will visit your building, however if you have done your job right the new building you support will outlast yours.